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“Like grass, we are growing greener and higher. We are young and full of energy. We are ready to make money and change our lives.” This is how 22-year-old Amimo Chan Pasca from Palabek Kal parish in the northern Uganda district of Lamwo describes her group. The group known as the Green Generation Girls was formed in August 2019, after the girls attended USAID-supported mentorship camps aimed at empowering adolescent girls and young women who dropped out of school to dare and dream of a better future.
KAMPALA – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) hosted a national close out event on February 25 to celebrate the achievements of the USAID-funded Feed the Future Producer Organizations Activity, which commenced in 2016 and will end in April 2020. The Producer Organizations Activity strengthened business capacity, governance, member services provision, and farmer-led advocacy in 25 secondary agriculture producer organizations in 12 selected districts in Uganda.
With an education that abruptly ended when she was 15, and with no prospects for long-term employment beyond providing intermittent casual labor on other people’s farms, 27-year-old Phyllis Chelagant from Kween District in eastern Uganda was barely able to provide the basics for herself and her three children aged nine, seven, and four. The money she made from working as a casual laborer was not enough, leaving Phyllis to rely on others for sustenance. The turning point in her life came after a conversation with Victor Saikwa, a 25-year-old farmer who doubles as a youth agent with Sebei Farmers’ Savings and Cooperative Organization (SACCO).
The U.S. government is providing USD 100,000 to respond to the needs of disaster-affected people in Uganda as a result of extensive flooding and landslides. The Government of Uganda has requested international support.
She has had a steady partner for eight years who is currently working in Kenya. They are a discordant couple. Ninsiima is living with HIV. She is a walking encyclopedia of information related to HIV. “I speak in specifics and I know the reality,” says Ninsiima as she opens her purse to point out the condoms and lubricator she shares with other girls.
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